Who decides whether my business is profitable enough?

Your application is assessed in two steps. First, the regional Economic Development Centre evaluates whether your business operations are profitable and whether your livelihood is genuinely secured by income from the business.

Only after that positive partial decision does the Finnish Immigration Service process the residence-permit side. This is why a credible business plan, financial statements and realistic two-year forecasts matter so much, since they form the basis of the profitability assessment.